Tonota weather in July

In July, Tonota sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of July to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Tonota's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tonota's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 4 mm; 0.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 6:51 AM – 5:40 PM
Cloud cover: 22%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.1; out of 10

Tonota is village located in the Central District of Botswana.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical July day in Tonota reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 4°C cooler than August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	8
2	23	8
3	23	8
4	23	8
5	22	8
6	22	8
7	22	8
8	22	8
9	22	8
10	22	8
11	22	8
12	23	8
13	23	8
14	23	8
15	23	8
16	23	8
17	23	8
18	23	8
19	23	8
20	23	8
21	23	8
22	23	8
23	24	8
24	24	8
25	24	8
26	24	8
27	24	8
28	24	8
29	24	9
30	24	9
31	24	9

How July really feels in Tonota

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Tonota weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 21°	99	11.4	13.2	4.5
Feb	30° / 20°	88	9.1	12.7	4.9
Mar	30° / 19°	46	6.8	12.2	5.7
Apr	28° / 16°	13	2.8	11.5	7.4
May	26° / 11°	5	1.2	11	8.9
Jun	24° / 8°	5	0.7	10.7	9.3
Jul	23° / 8°	4	0.5	10.8	9.1
Aug	27° / 11°	1	0.1	11.3	8.9
Sep	30° / 15°	6	1.3	11.9	6.6
Oct	32° / 18°	16	3.5	12.5	5.0
Nov	32° / 20°	54	8.9	13	4.2
Dec	31° / 20°	97	12.6	13.3	4.3

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	80	80	79	80	80	80	81	81	82	83	83	85	85	87	87	88	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89
Cloudier (%)	20	20	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	15	15	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	88	12
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Tonota gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.5 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	3
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in July

Winds average 12 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min at the start of July to 11 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:52 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 5:35 PM to 5:46 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46
Sunset (PM)	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	6:52	5:35
2	10.7	6:52	5:35
3	10.7	6:52	5:35
4	10.7	6:52	5:36
5	10.7	6:52	5:36
6	10.7	6:52	5:36
7	10.7	6:52	5:37
8	10.7	6:52	5:37
9	10.8	6:52	5:37
10	10.8	6:52	5:38
11	10.8	6:52	5:38
12	10.8	6:52	5:39
13	10.8	6:52	5:39
14	10.8	6:52	5:39
15	10.8	6:52	5:40
16	10.8	6:51	5:40
17	10.8	6:51	5:40
18	10.8	6:51	5:41
19	10.8	6:51	5:41
20	10.9	6:51	5:42
21	10.9	6:50	5:42
22	10.9	6:50	5:42
23	10.9	6:50	5:43
24	10.9	6:49	5:43
25	10.9	6:49	5:44
26	10.9	6:49	5:44
27	10.9	6:48	5:44
28	11.0	6:48	5:45
29	11.0	6:47	5:45
30	11.0	6:47	5:46
31	11.0	6:46	5:46

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.18 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in October across the year — July's 4.3 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.1	Bright
2	4.0	Bright
3	4.0	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Tonota?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

9.1

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

7.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

July is one of the better times to visit Tonota for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Tonota in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Tonota sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: light clothes and a warm layer.

light clothesa warm layer

UV index in Tonota in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tonota peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	14	13	9	7	6	7	8	10	11	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	6	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Tonota?

Tonota sits at 21.4°S, 27.5°E, 959 m above sea level, in Botswana. The nearest listed city is Francistown, 31 km away.

Topography around Tonota

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Tonota.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tonota has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 958 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 127 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 465 m.

The land around Tonota is covered by shrubs (38%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 3 km, shrubs (64%) within 16 km, and shrubs (79%) within 80 km.

3 km

44 m

shrubs 38%

16 km

127 m

shrubs 64%

80 km

465 m

shrubs 79%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← June Tonota year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Francistown 31 km · Selebi-Phikwe 72 km · Tutume 114 km · Bobonong 116 km · Palapye 128 km · Serowe 131 km · Gwanda 170 km · Bulawayo 185 km

Botswana travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / G / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $7,778; 2025
Happiness: 3.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 63%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 11.4; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 26.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Tonota (-21.4424°, 27.4615°, elevation 959 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	8
2	23	8
3	23	8
4	23	8
5	22	8
6	22	8
7	22	8
8	22	8
9	22	8
10	22	8
11	22	8
12	23	8
13	23	8
14	23	8
15	23	8
16	23	8
17	23	8
18	23	8
19	23	8
20	23	8
21	23	8
22	23	8
23	24	8
24	24	8
25	24	8
26	24	8
27	24	8
28	24	8
29	24	9
30	24	9
31	24	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	88	12
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	3
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	8
2	23	8
3	23	8
4	23	8
5	22	8
6	22	8
7	22	8
8	22	8
9	22	8
10	22	8
11	22	8
12	23	8
13	23	8
14	23	8
15	23	8
16	23	8
17	23	8
18	23	8
19	23	8
20	23	8
21	23	8
22	23	8
23	24	8
24	24	8
25	24	8
26	24	8
27	24	8
28	24	8
29	24	9
30	24	9
31	24	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	88	12
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	3
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	8
2	23	8
3	23	8
4	23	8
5	22	8
6	22	8
7	22	8
8	22	8
9	22	8
10	22	8
11	22	8
12	23	8
13	23	8
14	23	8
15	23	8
16	23	8
17	23	8
18	23	8
19	23	8
20	23	8
21	23	8
22	23	8
23	24	8
24	24	8
25	24	8
26	24	8
27	24	8
28	24	8
29	24	9
30	24	9
31	24	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	88	12
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	3
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100